Home unions hope to stage eight-team tournamentEngland’s July tour to
Japan may be cancelledPlans for an expanded autumn fixture list, in which
England could play up to seven Tests later this year, have hit a roadblock with the Rugby
Football Union unable to reach an agreement with the Premiership clubs before the initial deadline on Tuesday, the Guardian understands.
World Rugby was due to vote on Tuesday on a proposal to reschedule the postponed July tours and the remaining Six Nations matches in October as part of a bumper autumn but is now not expected to do so until mid-July.